Evolutionary conservation of sequence and expression of the bHLH protein Atonal suggests a conserved role in neurogenesis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1207-1216

  Ben Arie, Nissim ^a   McCall, Alanna E ^a   Berkman, Scott ^a   Eichele, Gregor ^a   Bellen, Hugo J ^a   Zoghbi, Huda Y ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CEREBELLUM; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; TETRAODONTIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029791173     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.9.1207     Document Type: Article

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